Wiped Out (Raven album)

Wiped Out
Studio album by Raven
Released	3 June 1982
Recorded	1982
Studio	Impulse Studios (Wallsend, England)
Genre	Heavy metal speed metal
Length	51:53
Label	Neat
Producer	Raven and Keith Nichol
Raven chronology
Rock Until You Drop (1981) Wiped Out (1982) All for One (1983)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	10/10[2]

Wiped Out is the second full-length album by British heavy metal band Raven, released in 1982.[3]

Reception

In 2005, Wiped Out was ranked number 495 in Rock Hard magazine's book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.[4]

Track listing

All songs written by Gallagher, Gallagher, and Hunter.

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Faster than the Speed of Light"	4:22
2.	"Bring the Hammer Down"	4:19
3.	"FirePower"	3:08
4.	"Read All About It"	3:01
5.	"To the Limit – To the Top"	7:54
6.	"Battle Zone"	3:34

Side two

No.	Title	Length
7.	"Live at the Inferno!"	3:54
8.	"Star War"	5:35
9.	"UXB"	3:25
10.	"20/21"	1:36
11.	"Hold Back the Fire"	5:40
12.	"Chainsaw"	5:17

CD reissue bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
13.	"Crash Bang Wallop"	3:03
14.	"Run Them Down"	2:59
15.	"Rock Hard"	3:06
16.	"20/21" ((outtake))	1:44

Personnel

Raven

• John Gallagher – bass, vocals
• Mark Gallagher – guitar
• Rob Hunter – drums

Production

• Keith Nichol – producer, engineer

References

1. Henderson, Alex. "Raven - Wiped Out review". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
2. Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. pp. 283–284. ISBN 978-1894959315.
3. "Raven (Gbr) - Wiped Out". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
4. Best of Rock & Metal - Die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten (in German). Rock Hard. 2005. p. 9. ISBN 3-89880-517-4.